Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-16
THE COUNCILMEN IN SESSION.
A Big Turn Out of the City's Legis-
lature Last Night.
ALL ON THEIR GOOD BEHAVIOR.
No Mud Singing INDUCED In and the
Affairs of the City Receive
Careful and Due Con-
sideration.
City Council Proceedings.

S1Vy SOuuCtl IrOCceutuRS.
The meeting of the city council last night
was a rather tame affair, and the sixteen
counclmen present transacted their business
with dispatch and without pickering. Has
call did not present his Broatch resolution,
and there was no debate on the amendments
to the excise ordinance, 50 as to comply with
the requirements of the Slocum law.
The following communications were re-
ceived from the mayor: Approving an ordi-
nance changing the grade of Farnam street
from point 450 feet west of Dexter avenue
to the west curb of Alice street; approving
ordinance to authorize the city treasurer to
rebate the penalties on delinquent special
taxes and assessments, upon certain condi-
tions; approving ordinance establishing tho
grade of Nicholas street from the west curb
of Fifteenth street to the west curb Of Four
teenth street; also locating certain additional
water hydrants in the city OF Omaha
From the Board Of Public Works-Esti
mates of j. o. Corby for catch basins on
southeast corner Seventh and Pacific; on
Sixteenth street south end of culvert; Eigh-
teenth and St Marys avenue, s2S5.37: ap-
proved. Barber Asphalt Paving company,
paving Twenty fourth street from south line
of Seward street, 1896. approved. Hugh
Murphy, paving of Seventh street from Jack
Porter 4 Pearson, building watch house,
signs and coal box for the Eleventh street
viaduct, Sl2O; approved. j. Ryan Il Co.,
grading Leavenworth street from Sixteenth
to Thirty sixth streets, SS,l96.63; approved:
G. ID. Woodworth, for putting in cutters and
raising sidewalks, 1888; approved. S. p.
Smith, building sidewalks, S4,69SA; ap-
proved. o. II. Brown, grading Twenty
eighth avenue from California to Burt
streets, S6s1.21; approved. Barber Asphalt
S176.l2; approved.
From the Comptroller - Recommending
that $l7S.02 be collected from the county in
favor of Stuht & Hamel; acknowledging
Bcrka, balancing shortage in Octo-
ber police court returns. The receipts
of the Office of superintendent Of buildings
up TO October 81 were s9,7S2.
The city treasury reported that J. b. Cal
lahan and the B. Il M. railway company had
paid $50 into the treasury in equal parts for
the grade on Eleventh street, from Marcy
to Mason.
communication from the board of county
commissioners that Douglas county will pay
$500 toward grading Georgia avenue and Me
grath street, was accepted and referred to
the city engineer. Petition OF residents of
Cunning Thirty-sixth and other streets for
additional street gas lamps was referred.
Mrs. Berga Il Son asked that license of
800 be levied ON employment agencies. Re
ferred.
Communication from the citizens and tax
payers of Walnut and Orchard Hill addition
regarding grades of streets was referred. A
petition for increased police protection from
the residents OF Walnut and Orchard Hill
additions was referred.
The poundmaster reported collections of
S232 25 during the month of October.
A communication from the Omaha
using the south side of Harney
street from Twenty-ninth to Thirty
second street, and the crossing of Thrtieth,
Thirty first and Thrty-second Streets was
referred to the Seventh and Ninth ward dele
cations
A letter was read from City Attorney
Webster promising the council that the
Union Pacific railroad will open Fourteenth
street in the spring. The communication
from the board of trade in reference to the
Union Pacific blocking up Nineteenth street
at that crossing was referred to the commit
tee on bridges and viaducts.
The city attorney was directed to confess
judgment in the sum of $3.50 in favor of the
for Strengthening Nineteenth street. Resolu-
tions that the city attorney confess judgment
for 5000 in favor of Mrs e. A. Allison was
referred to the attorney with power to act.
Several communications in reference to water
mains, gas mains, sidewalks and grading
were referred.
AT the request of Mrs. o. G. Dnsmoore
permission was given the citizens of Omaha
to use the council chamber on Monday night
next for the purpose of organizing board of
charities.
Proposals for furnishing the city with
lumber from +. w. Gray were referred.
Resolutions ordering new sidewalks, new
grades, etc, were referred.
A resolution by Mr.. Snyder that the
Gable Tramway company furnish better pro-
lection about their excavations on Tenth
street was adopted
The finance committee reported recon-
mending the payment of the following bills
City physicians bill months of August, Sep
tembpr and OctOher S15S. ID w Saxa
medicine BILL S23.l5
The committee on grades and grading
recommended the payment of the claim of
STUNT Hamel for grading South Twentieth
street. Adopted.
The special appropriation ordinance was
passed.
On motion of Mr.. Kaspar the city attorney
was directed to order the removal of all
| the first of January.
| third reading: Narrowing Leavenworth
changing the grade of Fifteenth street from
! Pacific to the south curb of Pierce street;
| Chpnging the grade of Eleventh street from
Mason to the alley; levying special tax and
| assessment upon certain lots and real estate
ing of Dodge street from Twenty second to
| Dodge to Cass; establishing the grade OF
Vinton street from Twenty-fourth to
| Twentieth street.
| Captured a Sneak Thief.